AIAG to Map Auto Industry Supply Chain C-TPAT Members
The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) will create a "communal platform to map the automotive supply chain" following an agreement with General Motors, Chrysler and Toyota, the group said in a press release. The agreement marks a " first big step toward creating a centralized supplier data platform for greater visibility into the global supply chain," said J. Scot Sharland, AIAG executive director. "Led by these three early adopters, we're launching with a system that puts command and control of the data into the suppliers' hands and is driven by a federal border security initiative."
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The new platform, named "Supply Safe-Supplier Security Assessment," will map suppliers that participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program, the press release said. "To better identify suppliers that have C-TPAT credentials, each participating [original equipment manufacturers] will ask their tier one suppliers to create a profile in Supply Safe and indicate their C-TPAT certification status," said AIAG. "As part of its profile, each supplier will enter relevant C-TPAT data, including geolocation of international sites that produce automotive parts and materials, entry points of shipments into the U.S. and final destinations of those shipments." The suppliers will be "asked to solicit data from their suppliers and cascade the data input request down through the supply chain," it said. Each supplier will be able to control which companies have the ability to view its data profile, the release said.